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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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